The award-winning art collective, teamLab, is set to open a permanent exhibition in the Netherlands, giving their insanely popular light installations a new home in Utrecht.
Tokyo-based teamLab is renowned for its multi-sensory exhibitions that draw sold-out crowds all over the world, from Shanghai to Seoul and San Francisco. The shows are usually centered around light, sound, digital sequences, and immersive experiences. Giant glowing musical balls, waterfall projections, and exploding flowers have all featured in teamLab pieces. Perhaps the collective’s most famous work is Crystal Universe, an immersive light show that utilizes LED lights to create 3D celestial patterns that visitors can walk through. If you didn’t catch the exhibition in real life, you likely came across it through dozens of images on Instagram.
Now, the international art group is preparing to open a permanent exhibition in the Netherlands, taking over a new digital art venue called Nowhere in Utrecht’s renowned green urban development project Wonderwoods. This will be teamLab’s first permanent base in Europe, joining its other homes in Tokyo and Shanghai. “The Netherlands is a country with a high digital awareness, and thus makes it the perfect base for digital art collectives and exhibitions,” Nowhere’s founder Jeroen van Mastrigt said in a statement.
The space will showcase artwork from the collective’s members, as well as the ‘Future Park’ area, which fosters collaboration and creative thinking in a playful environment. Additionally, the ‘Athletic Forest’ will provide a creative athletic space for visitors, promoting growth of the hippocampus and enhancing spatial awareness, as teamLab puts it.
Speaking of the collaboration between teamLab and Wonderwoods, the site’s founder Jet Happel emphasized, “We invite visitors from all over the world to not only enjoy Wonderwoods as an iconic landmark but also to immerse themselves in a magical playground of digital art.”
TeamLab’s exhibition in Nowhere is anticipated to open in 2024. To stay up-to-date on more immediate exhibitions, see here.
